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. 1 /J _, ,-'-' ~~ %m ,w41 ,. s PU; ft" A tA7 g CHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM The Cr )ND HALF- RAILWAY. EARLY GENERAL . II alf-Yearly General Meeting of the A PropMr EETIN ietors was G held on \Vedic esday the bth day of September instant, at twelve o'clock in the fa enoon, at the York Hotel, in Manchester. when tht following Chair; Resolutions were unanimously passed : On th e motion of DAVID PitYCE, Esq., seconded by SAMUEL That 1 th e sea l of the Atcocr, Esq. ; prietors: now produced. Crimpany be affixed to the register of P ro - Oahe 0 lotion ell EarrAiLD DAVIES DAVENPORT, Esq., seconded That ta 'le Reby 'ale R ev . W ILLIAM GASKELL ; now read,* b e. - Po.ts, with the accompanying statement of accounts priet c Ir . ae,opted and pr i nte d , and a copy sent to each Pro- On the rile tion of COOKE, Esq., seconded by DAVID DocERAY, Esq. ; who That M 4 de Mess/ s. Sharp, We s th ea d, T ootal, Frost, and Swanwick, 41 y retire by ball o t f rom t h e Board of Directors, he, and they ax. her the eby re-elected Di rec t ors of the Company. On - mot ion of FRANCIS PARKER, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM Iliewnv WILSON Esq. ; Thrl th c thank s o f the Proprietors be hereby given to the Board of Di recb 3rs for their uniform attention to the interests of the Comt my . , . B arbour having left the chair, and EdBOUR ward-Davies Chairman Daven- Pot t, Esq having been called thereto, it was unanimously resolved That tk e best thanks of the meeting are due to the Chairman for tilt maims .r in which he has conducted the business of the day. E. D. DAVENPORT. REPORT. At a meeting of Propfietors in April last, the Directors, deem ing it their duty, on the, first occasion that offered, to submit the undertaking: to a searcUng inquiry, entered at length into a history of the Company, its objects, its then condition, and its prospects. On this oc( asion th&.r duty will be limited to a summary of the more impo.•tant fact s and proceedings which have since transpired, and they ; ire happy to intimate that their Report, though more brief than its predecessor, will, as they hope and believe, be quite satisfactor v to the Proprietors. THE TINE FROM MANCHIBSTER.STO The I,Jirecters stated in th e i r f ormer Report that the CiZPORT. plans for the lin , s. from Manchester to Stockport were in an advanced state, and were expected to be ready for the contractors in six weeks from that period. They further stated that, in the opinion of the En gineer, this portion of t'Ae line might be completed in two years from the letti ag of the works. The plans i n q u estion, which comprise the entire line bet ween t he two towns ~e xcepting that p ar t of it which passes from Store street to Fair field-street, were completed by the time named, and on the 19th 1 . tlay last, tenders for the execution of the works were advertised for in the usual way. The contracts, four in number, Inhave since been lec, and tae Directors are happy to say, in every stance into ,to r - tspectable an d respons ibl e contractors, w h o h ave en ereden chester to St gagements., under which the line connecting Man -I.port is to be completed and prepared for the public in iaY, 184 0 4 7 There are, two cheering circumstances to be communieated in rveferonce to this portion of the Railway. The one i s , that by a ari.ation of see t;ion effected without detriment to the line in an entigineerinr,- p , Ant of view, and assented to wherever necessary d r the act , of the landowners interested, a saving will be alcured i n tierst he furth er of , ti le construction, of 50,000/., in addition to which •rrcsult has been atiained, that the period . for .comple as the 0, l works ill be brought within a limit of time l ess, peri o d , rectors are advised, by upwards of a year, than the ta " 4 "e cessary to execute the line according to the Parliamen ri sect ion. hec eher ci rcumstance to be referred to is, that the contracts havestru berm let withi n the estimates, and thus whilst the cost of con seejoti° 4 has in th e fi rst place been diminished by the change of li ne I n ., a saving has secondly been effected in the cost at which the ecnlatzu . 83 cti on been uwasndestimated.ertake n as compared with the cost at which it s P • URCHA.SES OF LAND AND POSSESSION BY CON 't tn :TACTOS. ile purch ases of land u R p on the lin R e are proceeding up on th e ba _le s atisfactorily. Th e Di rectors do not disguise that they have 6 m 3 an difficulties to conten d w i th in this department of their _""1, owi ng t o the large demands made upon them by certain land .twriers, and to claims arising „ out of other cir cums t ances , b ut t h ey all happy to b e a bl e to stat th those diculties are being rapidly yercom e . It is but just te e the at landed proprietors as a body to add, that in very any instanc es the overtures of the Company have been tuet in a spirit o f fairness and candour ; and th e Di rectors ta k e t hi s oPportunity of avowirag their anxious wish to cultivate the best un derstanding with tb e landowners whom the Railway may affect, and of Meeting their views to the utmost extent compatible with the pa ramount claim s of the Company. PThe contmctori have been severally put in possession of such art of th e land as was immedi a t e l y nee df u l to t h em, and the works Poe the line r.re now actively commenced. The Direct , in will make it their special care to anticipate the Wants of the contractors with regard to the possession of the re- Wi tr aining land comprised in their respectiv e con t rac t s , so t h at no ob suction mr i y oce..or to the satisfactory prosecution and timely e arnploti on r if the Railway in this important district. ENGINES. In Directors eaio:l with the opening of this part of the Railway the dim; thee that they ' have effectually provided against p ubli e 7 , y ir the appropriation of line when completed to the m ot i v e n B e, 'oy arranging for an early and adequate supply of loco e 1 14 v ier. THE LINE BEYOND STOCKPORT. Wit — b porti ° regard t o th e s t eps t a k en an d i n progress upon ot h er main of the line the Directors have to report that upon the betvreen Stockport and Congleton surveyors are at of p pre atwork, an d that in about a fortnight the survey of that p ar t , b at the tne will be comp l eted. • _. co , , tne of d esigns for the Stockport andCongleton viaducts ar e i n Irtt e tieo; PreParation, and that th ose works will shortly be corn comp' t an d that so sows as the survey of the line to Congleton be ed, the engineer proposes to stake it out, and afterwards to proceed with the line frost Ihrecastle to the junction with the Grand Junction Railway. C The Directors , in conformity totheir expressed intention at the last meeting, have made only one call, and that for the sum of 3/. per share, upon the Proprietors, which call became due on the 11th of August last, and is now in satisfactory course of payment. In reference to the future, the Directors believe that one call of 3/. per share will suffice for the present year ; and there will at all times be an interval of at least three months between every two calls, vslailst the large number of shares of which the Company con sists have the effect of limiting each call to a moderate amount. THE DIRECTORS. of th e Two vacancies having o ccurre d i n the Board by the deprivation the!ovi services of J o h n Chi ppendale, Esq., and J. C. Dyer, Esq., ir pla ces h ave been su plied by the ap po i ntment of George San dars, Esq., and Henry 'Newberry, Esq. ; and in pu rsuance of the the of th e Act which requires that at the pr esen t meet i ng of ' l e Company five of the Directors (te be determined by Ballot I:en4111ong themselves) shall go out of office, the following five gentle retire from the Direction, but are eligible to lie re-elected, anlelY-11. C. Sharpe, Esq., J. P. Westhead, Esq., H. Tootal, 5 t1., J. G. Frost, Esq., and Edward Swanwick, Esq. iT-Ht ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE COMPANIES. last rl referen.ce to these accounts, it will be remembered that at the , ni s ,"tin — s , of the Proprietors, the Directors stated that they were trt'en "Able, owing to some disputed and unsettled claim, to re alto tot sum expended. The amounts, however, have since of en ascertained and the Directors are happy to state, that instead akaii~( ey had intimated to the Shareholders, on a former oeca s probable) resort being necessary to the funds of the abatPanY to an extent, in addition to the deposit paid upon the 01 that of Perhaps 10s. per share, the sum will not exceed one-half Jullle aut accounts of this Company . have been made up t the 31st before,and statement of the receipts and expenditure will be laid ThT,„the meeting. .L-E E XTENSION RAILWAY. --TRENT LINE.n troduc'e s a subject which, though it - be somewhat informal llud o in i a. in , at this meeting, the Directors cannot forbear a . tif ied c rests of the Proprietors of this Company are deeply iden fore ha h the success of the Trent line, and the Directors there for they ; much pleasure in communicating that the arrangements too.t, PPliCatioll to Parliament next Session to authorise t . he fsr.t-ibction of the railway, are progressing in every respect satis t.ssti, 11 Y. The demonstration of opinion in favour of the under. 'h„ st a town's meeting in Manchester, has been followed 4trinilitr e xpression s conveyed in the form of a published decla to t h e from the inhabitants of the various Owes upon and near Isoch !Proposed railway. To those indeed who reside, or whose op en l e 's is carried on in the district of the Trent line, the f ikreas n F ° the Grand Junction Railway has been a source o *nth. f neco lvenience, inasmuch as it has deprived them almost Y of the different coaches which formerly traversed that o: '''' r Yt and has left them only occasional and uncertain means thise?,,"eYance. The landowners themselves largely . share in of cewvenience, and hence the repugnance with which many ap pr e n' , were wont to regard any railway passing throu„h . ten e °l l ll itils their estates has given place to a feeling of acqnies lhee and . not unfrequently . support . of such undertakings. Pro pri etors, in their communications with various of the landed Nit Rb i e „ t4 s, have found this altered tone; and they entertain a Cotsilt:e e xpectation that by the time the Parliamentary Session they shall hare obtained a very general concurrence in owns r i z- Tret• Even when least favourably regarded by land litess.- "is construction of the Railway is treated . merely as a th it t l i ?xl of time. The Directors however consider, and they hope ti m e ue Legislature will consider, the proper time to be the present liezi o ' ri a4,l that no reason can be shown or exists wherefore the con be pos, of that and of the manufacturing hives around should res, s ‘Poned for a season. Of this, at all events, the meeting may dist, s ure d, that the Directors of this Company, whose sphere of be s atta c h l'rhih t es also to the Extension Railway Company, will not, iu sustained by the oonfidence of the two bodies of Shareholders, s ee etr Y of. or relax in their exertions until they have succeeded esti:u'Thing tt Parliamentary sanction to the Trent Line, and have . kv:!PPlied the last link in the great chain of Railway communi plfrom Manchester to London. i-lESTER AND 131121 sls, 8. STATEMEN 183 nacairrs. e allefti s. d. it shir_:•°ll29,lss .. ..... 58,310 0 0 838 addition ach I lharee "lona' slte rest 0 ......... ..• 1,690 0 0 Uo, from n Wl* 165 15 41 Banker). • 600 4 1 INGHAM RAILWAY COAI ►F ACCOUNTS TO JULY DISBURSEMENTS. X. s. d. 566 4 10 Advts. & printing.. Engineering & sur- 'reying Office expenses..... 239 5 7 General law charges 200 0 0 Sealed certificates 1,117 12 3 Land and compen- sation Stock, viz., bricks, furniture, &c.... 5,574 17 0 Travelling expenses 327 1 2 Direction .. 1,000 0 ' 0 Agencies ... 4B 0 0 Manchester, Che shire, and Staf fordshire Rail- way Company ... 3,425 S 2 Banker's commis. 38 13 10 Balance in 8ank...32,671 17 0 &-.60,765 19 4 1 £60,765 19 4 ]/".EitY lAN HIS OWN DOCTOR.—By 4kal e , ' wi t t il , e Efficacy of Dr. BOERHAAVE'S RED PILL, No. 2, 10as dir rettonlvaax, Persons . of either Sex (assisted the etre i c n t v u a a l l7; b a l ll ce,rpatir: p4e;ies, l u e r r e v w y n e f e iv fu t a e r n e i ln l a m bl i fd ur T y eradicate i of Blood, and also a t 'a,4 an,rssa.fdeirous Disease, and to facilitate the recovery of health with Defrl::„Mneac;Of this medicine is so well known and highly attested for 50 eh4L)eb/okrtsytigielsrany..further comment is rendereslunnr Thomas essary. Butler 4 :Idei Mr. ' ' Sangertioon, Bow Churchyard;.__r IlLackrili,.,..., 3',.% White. l„, ; H ann 'n , 1 , Oxford- t stice , M . M i. kill.. ay aud Co., b 3, Oxford -street, corner of Nyeßs-street ;J. `` 4 4l 4 1. Zit, 86, High-street, Whitechapel ; and all Medicine Venders, -.• Per box. ,_ .. a. . ,CI {... . 4....,i , :-, i 7. 1.:,, - : 13.;,, .. No. 14,357. The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely Day Train. Nigh Train. s. d. SUNS Wolverton 6.1 a.m.—Mixed 81 a.m.—First mail Birmingham : i ll 11);.mm:: p.m.—Mixed mail. AYS. r 8 a.m.—Mixed I 1• 11 a.m.—First mail Lendon . 5 p.m.—Mixed to Wolverton only L •8i p.m.—Night mail. I gers will be discontinued at Den f September ; as it will then cease N.B. The booking of Passim' bigh Hall on and after the 17th of to be a Station. The trains marked with an Asterisk are in conjunction with those of the Grand Junction Railway ; sufficient time being allowed in Birmingham for Refreshment. Arrangements have been made with the principal Country Coach Proprietors for the establishment of branch conveyances to and from the Railway Stations and the neighbouring towns, and the Midland and Northern Counties and North Wales; and informa tion may be obtained, and places secured by such branch coaches at the following Offices, viz. : SPREAD EAGLE, Gracechureh-street CROSS KEYS, Wood-street SWAN-WITH-TWO-NECKS, Lad-lane GEORGE and BLUE BOAR, Holborn SPREAD EAGLE, Regent Circus GOLDEN CROSS, Charing Cross. And where also parcels will be received on behalf of the Railway Company. By Order R. CREED, C. R. MOORSOM, }Secretaries. Sept. 8,183 S. - E ,ONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament 15th July, 1837. CALL for the THIRD INSTALMENT of 31. per Share. Notice is hereby given that the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company have this day made a CALL of 3/. per Share in this undertaking, and that the same is directed to be paid on or before the 17th day of October next, to either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.:— London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths; Messrs. Hankcy. Liverpool and Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank, on account of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. Brighton—Messrs. Wigney and Co. ; Messrs. Hall, West, Borrer, and Hall. Lewes--Messrs. Molyneux and Co. Glasgow.—The Glasgow Union Bank. Proprietors of Shares in this undertaking are therefore requested to pay the same accordingly. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. London and Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Aug. 23, 1838. COUNTIES RAILWAY COA PANY. FIFTH CALL. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors have this (lay made a CALL of TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS per SHARE on each Share in the Capital Stock of the said Company, payable, on or before the 10th day of October next, to any of the under-men tioned Bankers of the Company : London and Westminster Bank, or any of its Branches. Bank of Liverpool. Liverpool Borough Bank. Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. National Provincial Bank, Bath. West of England Bank, Bristol. East of England Bank, Yarmouth. National Provincial Bank, Birmingham. National Provincial Bank, Boston. Cheltenham and Gloucester Bank, Cheltenham. Wells and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury. Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin. Messrs. Harvey and Co., Norwich. Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., Ipswich. Messrs. Alexanders and Co., Ipswich. Messrs. Mills, Bawtree, and Co., Colchester. Messrs. Sparrow and Co., Chelmsford. Messrs. Lemon and Co., Brentwood. Messrs. Brodie and Co., Salisbury. Messrs. Fryer and Co., Wimborne. By Order of the Board, J. C. ROBERTSON, Secretary. Office, 4, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Sept. 11, 1838. HULL STEAMERS. GREATLY REDUCED FARES. THREE TIMES A WEEK, FROM ST. KATHARINE'S STEAM WHARF. _ _ THE Fast, Safe, and Favourite Packets VIVID and WATERWITCH, every TUESDAY and THURSDAY; Saloon, 10s. ; Fore Cabin, 3s. The Magnificent Steamer WIL BERFORCE, every SATURDAY ; Saloon, 15s. ; For. Cabi n , 6 s . ; at Eight o'Clock in the Morning of each ay. For further particulars apply at the Company's-office, 41, Fish street-hill; Mr. Underwood, 56, Haymarket ; or at the Wharf. EDWARD ABELL, Agent. London, Bth September, 1836. P.S.—The Vivid made the last trip to Hull in the incredibly short space of 22 hours (being the quickest since that of the 'Wil berforce, on the 20th May last) ; all the Vivid's passengers for Leeds and Sheffield went foward immediately by the river steamers (thus preventing a delay of 24 hours in Hull, which passengers by this vessel only avoided), and would arrive at the above places in about 27 hours from Loudon. IMPORTANT \ OTICE —io, LUDG A I &HILL. LOH OF TEETH SUPPLIED, wallow' SPRING: 4 , CLASPS, or WIRES. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED, AND FILLING DECAYED TEr.TH WITH MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM. MONS. JAMES M. 'WALLA N, Surgeon Dentist, No. 10, Ludgate-hill, opposite the Belle Sauvage, continues to RESTORE DECAYED TEE NI with his cel,brated MI NERAL SUCCEDANEUM, applied without PAIN, HEAT, or PRES SURE, which in a few seconds HARDENS into ENAMEL, PREVENT ING and CURING the TOOTH ACHE, allaying in one minute the most excruciating PAIN, and rendering the OPERATION of EXTRAC TION UNNECESSARY. He also FASTENS LOOSE TEETH, whe ther arising from neglect, the use of Calomel, or Disease of the Gums. IN_ CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL or NATURAL TEETH, of SUR- I'ASSING BEAUTY, FIXED, from ONE to a COMPLETE SET, WITHOUT EXTRACTING the ROOTS, or GIVING any PAIN, the INCUMRRANCE of SPRINGS. CLASPS, WIRES, 4r any other LI fIATU RE, at the following PARIS CHARGES:— A Single Artificial Tooth lO 0 A Set 5 5 0 A Set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold plate l5 • 0 A Set of Mons. Mallan's Tricot rodible Mineral Teeth, highly finished in the first style, with fine gold sockets 9.0 0 0 Arranged on the most improved and scientific principles, and in every case restoring perfect ARTICULATION and MASTICATION.—Arti 4!cial Teeth out of repair remodelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal i Lbeautv and durability to their original state. 'At home from Ten till Six.—N.B. No. 10, Ludgate hill. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. To the Sufferers from BILIOUS and LIVER COM PLAIN'ES. The unexanpled success of FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH calls for particular att ntion.—These Pills give immediate relief in all Spas modic and windy complaints, with the whole train of well-known symp toms arising from a weak stomach, or vitiated bilious secretion, indiges tion, pain at the pit of the Stomach, Bilious or Sick Headache, Heart burn, Loss of Appa ite, Sense of Fulness after Meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Pain over the eyes, &c. &c. Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ens, arising from t , 'great a flow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. They are highly grateful to the Stomach, c rea t e A ppe tit e , re li eve Langour and Depression of Spirits, gently relaxing the Bowels without griping or annoydnce, removing noxious accumulations, rendering the System truly comfortable and the head clear. The very high encomiums passed upon them by a large portion of the public, is the best criterion of their merit, and the continual statements of their good effects from all parts of the Kingdom, is a source of the highest gratification. Sold by T. Prout, •22:1, Strand, London ; and by most Medicine Venders in the Kingdom, Price is 1 1 ,id. per box. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and Address of 1 ‘ 'Dimas Prout, '229, Strand, London," on the Govern ment Stamp. Semper nocuit differre paratis."—Luca N. T HERE is perhaps no situation in life so full of embarrassment as when the over-sensitive f'el themselves compelled to reveal their moral indiscretions, or their I) sisal imperfec.. lions, to others. Day after day does the horror of exposare accumulate in the morbid imag nation, while increasing disease augments the suffer ing of the body and the irritability of the mind. Sensible of the anguish thus protracted, we have adopted a system which long practical experience has proved to be highly successful, and which precludes tke absolute ne cessity of personal communication with those who recoil from such mode of consultation. A full and minute description of the case, written in plain language, will enable us to treat the patient with delicate secrecy; and such has been the peculiar nature of our practice, embracing every variety of difficult circumstances that the most timid may feel encourage. ment in the opportunity this afforded them. Twenty-five years of practice, exclusively devoted to diseases arising from indiscretion, gaiety, or climate, whereby the constitution may have become enfeebled, enable us to promise a restoration to health, without any interference with the ordinary diet and habits. Messrs. GOSS and Co. are to be consulted, as usual, every day, at their residence; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country can be treated successfully on their describing minutely the case, and en closing a remittance for Advice and Medicine. No difficulty can occur, as the Medicines will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. DOSS and CO., ALR,C. Surgeons, No. 7, Llncaster-p'rzee, Strand, London. • . o Just published (T wen ty-thi r d Editi on ), I st. Th e /EGIS o f TAFF, a familiar commentary on the above Useaso4.--.T. I. HYGEI ANA, ad dressedti,e exclusively to the f e m a l e Sex.--3d. The SY PHI LISP, a Trea. London Vr,e and n er e aoi, all o Booksellers nno he , rho ea , pri M c a e y .ss he .e h a ad ch. at 26, Paternoster row UNITARIANS. A MEETING of GENTLEMEN will be held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington Common, on nttner Evening Next. the 14th September inst., to make arrangements for the immediate ERECTION of an UNITARIAN CHAPEL at BRIXTON (ground having been taken for the purpose), at which meeting all Friends of the Cause are earnestly requested to be present. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL. WAY. The PUBLIC are informed that on and after MoNDAT, the 17th September, the RAILWAY will be OPEN for the con veyance of Passengers and Parcels, Private Carriages and Horses, throughout the whole distance between London and Birmingham. PASSENGERS' FARES FOR THE WHOLE DISTANCE. ~ By mail carriages, carrying 4 inside 32 6 By first-class carriages, carrying 6 inside ... 30 - 0 By second-class carriages enclosed By second-class carriages, with open sides The Fares for the Intermediate Distances are in the same pro. portion, and the particulars may be obtained Itogether with all other information) on application at the Compaiq's St4tions. The Times of the 'lrains conveying the Mails are fixed by the Postmaster-General, under the powers of Act 2d Vie., cap. TIMES OF DEPARTURE. UP TRAINS. DOWN TRAINS. From. Hour. Trains. From. Hour. Trains. Wolverton fi a.m.—Mixed Wolverton .7 a.m.—Mixed 7 a.m.—Mixed *6 a.m.—Firstmail .6h a.m.—First mail .9 a.m.—Mixed .121 p.m.-11 , fixed .11 a.m.—First •i - 4 4 ?.m.—First 2 p.ra.—Mixed *1 p.m.— First Birmingham p.m. Mixed to London 54 p.m.—Mixed to Wolverton only nl •Ili p.m. Night .91, p.m.-Night mail. snail. fi z y ) . 4 4 ' l • . tetl 5..7.,` 0 : 41 ;•I‘l , )' 9 J " SUN" IS WITH WHICH 1 1 11 11 TRITE NOW IN CORPORATED LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1838 EAST INDIA HOUSE, SETT. 12, 1828. WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION THECOURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give not:ce, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall street, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th September, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is MADE SPECIAL, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the sth September, granting th e sum of Five Thousand Pounds to the Estate of the late Mr. William Fra ser, upon the grounds therein stated. The Report required by the By Law Cap. 9, Sec. 4, together with the Documents upon which the said Resolution has been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. JAMES C. MEL \ILL, Secretary. TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, IN REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PRESS. FELLOW Coueneveree,—Having great faith in the inherent excellence of humanity, and believing that more of the mental and moral incongruities of men are to be attributed to erro neous convictions, than to interested perversicns of truth and justice, we should belie our opinions were we to make any foolish attack npon the Press or its conductors. We rather lament that such a powerful instrument towards man's political and social redemption should be constrained by interest or party, to shut out truth from its pages, and make error a marketable speculation; or that men, so competent to direct aright the public mind, should be employed to mistify and mislead it. But we think that the many notorious changes and conver sions recently witnessed, the skilful balancing of opinions, the-fear-to-offend and desire-to-please disposition which have characterised so great a portion of those papers who call them selves " liberal," should open the eyes of all those who desire to see the Press as consistent in practice, as it ought to be honest in principle. Such eccentric courses, and such conduct, in men professing liberality of sentiment and honesty of intention, can only be contenanced by the public's disregard of all principle, or the private encouragement of those who maintain their fraudulent position by unworthy means. We would be the last to restrict the freedom of thought or the most unbounded expressions that could be given in op position to our own opinions, as we consider truth can only be elicited through the severest test of mental conflict; but when in the same paper, we perceive the most ultra political prin ciples set forth in the strongest language to-day, pertinaciously defended by the most cogent arguments to-morrow, and the most sweeping condemnation and invective bestowed on them the day following, we confess we do not think it free discus. Sion, but direct apostasy. We are induced to put forth these observations from the conduct of a great portion of the Press ever since the recent agitation that has commenced in favour of the " People's Charter and the National Petition," embracing, as they do, the principles of Universal Suffrage as well as the other es sentials, to what we believe to be a just representative system. Without, however, individualizing any paper, or noticing their scurrility or abuse, we will proceed to answer some of the objections they have urged against us, or our principles. They say that we are " adopting and imitating the mischie vous conduct of our oppressors, in seeking to make men free and happy by means of legislation !" What, we would ask, but legislation has made the difference between democratic America, despotic Russia, and pauperised and oppressed Eng. land ? If the will of the American people, expressed through their Legislature, has raised them from such poor and hetero geneous origin, to become a nation " better educated than any other under the sun—where two-thirds of the adults are pro prietors—while most of the others have the prospect of becom ing so," what, we would ask the gentlemen who make these admissions, is there in the character of Englishmen to prevent them from realizing similar advantages, were the same political a; to d existepa o t s i f pi u e l n r democrac y"tyAmerofic a that country a nd rights con f erre d on them as on their American brethren? They say our i gnorance and poverty should preclude us , da s from th e F ranchise. We beg to refer them back to the bu k preceded all t h i e t s m resul ts,their ee irr which ti they tael gi a ge d ha m tcs i e, t or whether they are not the consequence of obtaining them ? Granting that a number of our countrymen are in poverty can these gentlemen show, by any valid reasoning, the absolute necessity for their being so, especially in a country blest by nature with such abundant resources? Nay, can they trace the existence of that poverty to any other source than corrupt and exclusive legislation ? Granting, too, that ignorance to a great extent prevails, to what other cause can it be attributed than to those who have legislated to keep knowledge from the people? And, therefore, it is not as immoral as it is unjust to make the effects of corruption a pretence for upholding the cause of it? We would call upon any reflecting individual to take up the history of his country, and to investigate the true cause of all the wars, the superstitions, the oppressions, and the persecutions; which leave so many stains upon our national character. He will also find it to be an exclusive and corrupt Government, and will find that in proportion as the spirit of democracy has forced its influence on the Legislature, so has the venomous influences of the public been abated. Warned, therefore, by the experience of the past, and cheered by the exaseple of modern democracy, whether in Switzerla"tl, Norway, or America, we think every lover of his species ought to exert his influence to remove that prolific source of evil— corrupt Legislation. It is not so much by forms of Govern ment that evils are generated or removed, as by the principles of exclusive or responsible representation—the former acts for itself, the latter for the people. Therefore, according to our humble abilities, are we seeking to remedy the evils we com plain of; and we believe the most effective means will be those we have embodied in the People's Charter. We are told that " Universal Suffrage would produce uni versal confusion," " that the people would only substitute noisy d em agogues for an idle aristocracy," " and that, there fore, we had better suffer the ills we know of, then fly to others that we know not of." Those who talk of suffering present ills, we presume, are not among the suffering cl asses , and they only expose their own selfishness and heartlessness in showing such a disregard for the misery of others. As to the kind of men we should choose, if Universal Suffrage prevail e d, that will need experience to test it ; but where it has been tried by the descendants of Englishmen, such " demagogues" as Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and others equally effi cient, seem to cast a doubt upon the prophecy. The " con fusion" too, likely to flow from removing corruption, would, by sae test, be proved more imaginative than real. America the ha had er adventurous and speculative race to begin with, inter mingled with fanatics and convicts from Britain; and for the last h a lf century the poor and oppressed of all the countries of Europe have sought and found an asylum on her hospitable shores- 7 -6e greedy speculator, the ruined bankrupt, the broken-down , insolvent and the felon pursued by justice, have transferred their vices to her soil ; but her salutary laws and institutions, springing from Universal Suffrage, have en abled her to reform, instruct, end purify the mass; and in de spite of that black remnant of kingly dominion—" s l avery, " she is t he most prosperous and free of all th e nat i ons of the earth. We have been gravely assured that " the best test of intel iieence is property"—" that the outward mark of ascertaining the existence of propel ty is house-rent"--" that a still surer indication of property is direct taxation," and " th a t t h ere f ore the present electoral body is a guarantee for f a i r l eg i s l at i on. " While we, in the truthof part, admit some of these proposi tions to the extent that wealth will give the mea ns o f know ledge, we deny that property is any fair criterion f or i nte l li gence We know of hundreds of rich fools, and th ousan d s of . housekeepers whose knowledge d oes not extend beyond th e i r counters, and who are no more qualified to jud ge o f any man ' s political capabilities than the most ignorant plcughma n , w h ose common sens e would not at least be. subject t o suc h i nfluence as the fear of losing a wealthy customer. If wealth alone formed a " sufficient guarantee for just government," th e be nevolent portion of mankind would not for so many years have been striving to rescue the enslaved negro from the mercenary grasp o f the wealthy planter of India; and the south ern s l ave o wner o f America; nay, further, if intelligence a l one were sufficient • ,we should not have such a catalogue of b a d l aws to complain of. The great boast of England is " Trial by Jury ; " but why do we prefer the less intelligent jury to the more intelligent Judge,,who fully knows the law, and is a more competent judge of evidence? Simply because honesty is not always united with intelligence. We have found out that wealthy and intel ligent Judges cannot even be trusted in a Court of Law, and we are, therefore, pleased to submit to the occasional blunders of an unbiassed Jury, rather than trust our lives to a designing Judge. If men without responsibility were strictly virtuous, a few intelligent individuals would be found sufficient to make and execute the laws; but as they are not so, we must endea vour to make them honest by making them accountable and responsible for their actions. But we are told that " we are virtually represented,"—that " our interests are identified with those who represent us." This is very false philosophy ; man does not always pursue his own real interests; if he did, lie would never commit so many crimes and blunders as he does; on the contrary, lie pursues an imaginary interest, as passion or circumstances determine ; and hence the necessity for laws to regulate his conduct. So with men collectively, so with classes—they uphold theinte rest of th e i r class according to their power or inclinations, and I't is only by a mutual reliance on, and responsibility to each other, that oppression can b e guarded against. Land, l a b our, and capital , are the great sources of wealth— without l and and labour capital would be unproductive; with out capital and land, labour could not be employed; and without labour both land and capital would be useless. Here there is a mutual necessity for mutual interests; and being so depend ent each upon the other, justice demands that in all the arrangements necessary for production and distribu tion, equality in l eg i s l at i on should prevail. But no, we arc told " the capitalists dread the labourers, and therefore will oppose giving them their rights." We would here stop to ask ithese very consistent gentlemen, who talk of "virtual representation," what just cause have English capitalists to dread or to oppose the English labourer, more than American capitalists have to fear the power of Universal Suffrage in that countryct and ? The people there , find it is be to prote their int erest enco urage capital as the best seed for future production—they find it equally be neficial tlope their own o remove monopolies and dove re sources, taking care that as the public cause is promoted indi vidual interests shall not suffer—they know that knowledge is the surest promoter of peace and order, and therefore seek to extend it; they find that poverty is the most fruitful source of crime, and therefore seek to remove it. Do the oppo nents of Universal Suffrage imagine that Eng lishme n would b e l ess wise in pursuing their own interests than Americans are? But there area class of reasoners who, when foiled by truth and comp e ll ed to admit the * ustice of principles, will fall back upon that o ld subterfuge of terror, e xpediency. We are told that, admitting Universal Suffrage to be just, " we must de monstrate its expediency." In answer to which we would say, if the evils ofwhichn be traced to any most classes complain ea CONTRACT FOR CEMENT STONE. DEPARTMENT OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, SEPT. 11, 1838. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTIN G the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of t h e UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give notice, that en THURSDAY, the 20th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering en the Wharf at, Her Majesty's Deck Yard at Sheerness 200 Tons of SHEPPY DREDGED STONE, and 100 Tons of SHEPPY CEMENT PEBBLES, To be delivered immediately. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. 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H., Post-office, Peter• sham, Surrey. ARCHITECTURAL PUPIL. AN ARCHITECT of long standing in the pro fession, having a Vacancy in his Offices for an out-door PUPIL, who will have both instruction and practice from and with the principal, is desirous of receiving a young gentleman of good education and connection, having a taste for drawing. A suitable premium required. Letters in the hand-writing of the youth post paid to L. H. at Mr. Elliott's, Mathematical Instrument Maker, No. 268, High Holborn. KINDRED of the FAMILY of COGHLAN. Whereas b a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of DAUBENY v. 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To which is added, Concluding Observations on certain Urethral Disorders, ac companied by Morbid Secretions; for the removai of which a speedy and effectual mode of treatment is recommended, whereby the administration of Nauseous and too often Ineffectual Balsamic and such like preparations are rendered unnecessary. By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D., 42, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street. Chappell, Catherine-street 19 c o , r n h S i Strand a n adn;d by T ep Booksellersl e a u , in Sold by J. Hill , M ed i cal Bookseller, 55, Great Windm ill- s t r eet, Haymark e t ; Si mp ki n and Marshall, Stationers'-court; Onw hyn, 9 1 4 ; n Regent-street; county_ e n t-stre t About five o'clock Wednesday afternoon as a girl named Mary Emmerson, the daughter of one of the privates at Knightsbridge Barracks, was crossing the Fulham-road, she was knocked down by a horse and gig, in which were a gentleman and his servant, and from which she received severe internal injuries. She was immediately conveyed to her pa rents' apartments, where she now lies seriously ill. About half -past nine o'clock Wednesday morning, as one of the new single-horse safety-carriages was proceeding along the Fulham-road, with the driver and another man on the box, the horse suddenly took fright, and galloped at its utmost speed down the road. Opposite Rawstorn-street one of the men was thrown off with great violence, and when picked up wes conveyed to St. George's Hospital ; and near the sign of the Admiral Keppel the other was likewise thrown off, the vehicle strking against a post, by which the shafts were broken. The horse was soon afterwards stopped without any further damage being done. S 2 6 2.5 . , .. ~.. . --. , --- '' ;* . !.11„.. k• s'-: • : 4:--; 1-- / ' 4 4. . • •,;„ .;.: -x ----------7----.... t - •:-_- - t ',— ~......--...______-..--ai, ' - 7 - -..-. - , + 111 w Nw . .. . . ~ . ; PRICE sd. one cause it is as expedient as it is just to remove that cause. And if we can show that the removal of a similar cause has pro ' duced beneficial results in another country, it is " expedient" to make the trial in our own. We are informed that "House hold Suffrage would be a more respectable suffrage" than that which we propose; we think honesty preferable to re spectabitity, and believe that all the ignorance, which they say they fear, would be embodied in Household Suffrage, to the exclusion of the intelligence of the towns which would be em bodied in Universal Surage. But, as a last resource, the opponents to our rights think it necessary to mislead and misdirect us from our object. They tell us that " the repeal of the Corn Laws is of much more importance than the Suffrage," as it would " give cheap bread, more trade, promote morality, upset the priestheod, and destroy cant." That the Corn Laws are highly mischievous we admit, but they are only one of the effects of the great cause we are seeking to remove; and in justice, we think, the question of their repeal ought to be argued by the repre sentatives of all the people, and not by a faction. If they had existed so long that people had forgotten the state of things previous to their enactment, we might be induced to have faith in all ate blessed promises now made us; but the year 1815 is not of very great antiquity. And when we find the fol lowing bit of advice given by these " kindly" disposed persons, we think it exhibits their hollowness and hypocrisy. " All those who want to stave off as long as possible the trial of strength between the proprietary and the working classes, ought to direct the meeting that is to be held in Palace-yard, to pass resolutions for the repeal of the Corn-laws," and move "an amendment to the People's Charter." This is evidently an attempt to sow divisions and dissensions, in no ways war ranted by the disposition of a patient, long-suffering, indus trious people ; nor by any supposed interest in opposition to persons, or to property. But we would caution such advisers against making such " trials of strength ;" and warn them also against exciting prejudices it should be their duty to dispel. In arousing the passions they silence reason, and the weapon they would enlist in their service, might be fatal to themselves. We remain, your fellow countrymtn the Members of the Working Meu's Association. _ _ (Signed by the Committee on their behalf) WM. CUMMING, Silversmith. JOHN JAFFRAY, Bookbinder. HENRY VINCENT, Compositor. THOS. ENGALE, Cabinet-maker. WM. MOORE, Carver. ARTHUR MILNER, Shoemaker. R. JAMESON, Warehouseman. DANIEL BINYON, Labourer. E. R. MITCHELL, Carver. RICHARD CAMERON, Bracemaker. WILL. SAVAGE. Warehouseman. JOHN SKELTON, Shoemaker. HENRY HETHERINGTON, Treasurer. WM. LOVETT, Secretary, 6, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-road. Sept. 11, 1838. NEAPOLITAN DECREE AGAINST DUELLING. The King of Naples, as we stated the other day, has issued a decree against duelling. The following is the text of its provisions : Every challenge, whether written or verbal, shall be, punished with imprisonment to the third degree, with inca pacity to fill any public function, and with forfeiture of all pensions from two to fire years after the expiration of the imprisonment. The same penalties shall be inflicted upon every one who accepts a challenge. Every one who insults, strikes, or beats another who refuses to accept a challenge, shall be punished according to the existing laws, but in this case the punishment shall be increased one degree. The pains of banishment or imprisonment in irons shall be at. tended with loss of pensions. If death ensues, the culprit shall be punished with death. If two parties meet, and yet no duel takes place, they shall nevertheless be punished with banishment and loss of pensions. If a duel takes place without either of the combatants being wounded, they shall both rec e i ve th e p un i s h ment of connement in irons, with loss of penSinns. If wounds are given, the wounded, if be has not given a wound, shall be punished with confinement in irons anal loss of pension, and the party wounding shall be punished according to the maxi mum of the existing laws. Death given in a duel shall be punished as murder. The bodies of those who shall be killed in a duel, and of those who may be executed in consequence of having given death in a duel, shall be buried in unconsecrated ground, without any religious ceremony ; and no monument shall be erected on the spot. The seconds, bearers of chal lenges, and all persons who take part in duels, shall be punished according to articles 1,3, 4, and 5 of this decree. Among military men, as duelling is an act of insubordination, it is punishable by the articles of war, but it shall neverthe less be subject to the provisions of this decree, and in this case the maximum of the penalty applicable shall be raised in one degree, unless it shall thereby involve the pain of death. Banishment and imprisonment shall involve loss of honours and court dignities. All infractions of the laws against duelling shall be referred to the Grand Criminal Court. —Galrgnani's Messenger. The " Animals' Friend Society," of Mark-lane, last week, caused William and George Webster and Joseph Payne, to be fined by Mr. Chambers for great cruelty to asses at Hampstead. Also a drover, 721. and another drover named Nichols, to be fined for great cruelty to a sheep and an ox in Smithfield. At Margate the Society has been very active du ring the week, but has met with much opposition from the Rev. Mr. Hodgson, Minister of St. Peter's, Margate, who acts as solicitor for offenders charged with ill-treating dumb animals, and is endeavouring to get an officer punished by the Magis trates for having demanded and obtained the stick with which a fellow was belabouring an unfortunate donkey. STATE OF TRADE.—The demand for twist was very limited yesterday; the market having been injuriously affected by the sale, or offer for sale, on the exchange, of a quantity of yarn which was understood to have been previously purchased for Russian account. We have reason to believe that the reports respecting this operation were greatly exag gerated, both as to the quantity of yarn offered, and the cir cumstances under which it had been purchased. We believe it had not been bought for the Russian market, but merely as a speculation. It bad, however, the effect of reducing prices about id. per pound, for most of the ordinary shipping num bers. For cloth, on the contrary, there was a very good de mand ; and most kinds of hand-loom cloths were decidedly scarce. For power-loom calicoes and shirtings the demand was also good, and the stocks extremely bare, with the slight ex ception of heavy domestics, for which the demand was not quite so active as for most other descriptions of goods —Man chester Guardian. Between one and two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon four men of genteel appearance entered the Robin Hood pub lic house, in Church -street, Deptford, and proceeded to.a room up stairs, in which they ordered refreshments. They had not been long in the house before another man on a black horse stopped at the door and inquired for Mrs. Lee, the land lady, who, on going out to him, was detained some time in answering some frivolous questions which he put to her, and on her re-entering the house the four men came down stairs and went away. Shortly afterwards, on Mrs. Lee going to a bed-room adjoining that in which they had been sitting, she discovered the door hal been broken open, and on entering found the drawers had been forced, and a quantity of plate, consisting of table-spoons and forks, tea-spoons, &c., twelve of which are marked "G. M. L." a milk-jug, a silver-gilt watch, with gold seal and key, a gold-framed reading-glass, seventy-two sovereigns, and some silver, stolen therefrom. There is no doubt the man on horseback was connected with the others, and that his calling was a ruse to withdraw Mrs. Lee from fhe premises. A " LONG YARN. '' —The longest " yarn" ever spun is now manufacturing at the ropery of Messrs. Haggie, at Gateshead. This rope, when finished, will be four thou sand eight hundred yards in length, extending to nearly three miles. An invitation has been given to all those strangers to inspect it in the course of spinning, " who may have a taste for long and tough spun yarns." MURDER AND ROBBERY.—About one o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the village of Branston was thrown into great consternation in consequence of the discovery of a most murderous and fatal attack upon an Irish reaper. From the reports we have been able to collect, we understand that, be tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, about half a dozen Irishmen went into the Plough public house, amongst whom was the author of the bloody deed ; this party had not been in the house a long time, before they were joined by four others, with whom was the unfortunate man, whose life has been sacrificed. It appears from the report in the Lincoln Gazette that the deceased was inveigled into a dila pidated building, and there robbed, and in order to prevent detection the assailant took a garden hoe, which lay in the corner of the place, and commenced his deadly attack; in which act be was observed by a female named Harrison, who had been attracted to the spot from hearing a noise. With such force did he strike his victim with this instrument that the shaft broke, and being determined to finish his work, threw down the broken hoe, and resumed his horrid attack with a large hedge-stake. By this time the woman heard groans, she screamed out, and the murderer walked deliberately away. The man was found to be not quite dead, but insensible; his head cut in all direc tions, and the brain protruding in several places; his inner waistcoat pocket turned quite out. He languished until the next night, when death put an end to his sufferings. From the prisoner, who in the morning had no money, was taken a half sovereign, three half-crowns, and a penny. All the money found upon the deceased was Gd. in silver and lid. in copper; this, with what was spent, would nearly make up the sove reign changed.. On Thursd afternoon a Coroner's Jury re turned a v er di c t o f wilful m urder against Peter Collins , wh o is in custody. Oil Friday week, one of the pivate soldiers of the 15th Hussars, now i n Gl asgow — a l a d much resp ected in the regiment--in a fi t o f t emporar y i nsan ity shot h i mself in the barrack -room with his pistol. , WRECK OF TFIt STEAMER FORFARSHIRE. (FROM A SCOTCH CORRESPONDENT.) Some intelligence of this disaster ha?, I ace, reached you; but, as I have had opportunities of hearing the statements of seven of the survivors, who passed through Edinburgh (whence I now write) to their homes in the north, I send you the remit of my personal inquirha from such source. The survivors are Mr. Ruthven Ritchie, farmer, Hill of Ruthven, near Perth (cabin passenger), Mr. James Duncan, sailing master or mate ; Mr. Allan Stewart, chief engineer ; a coal trimmer, and three sailors. Mr. Ritchie arrived here by the mail, from Belford, yesterday ( Monday), and left this morning for Perth. The others arrived this morning from Shields, by the Newcastle steamer Eclipse, and shortly after sailed for Dundee. The Eclipse also brought three indivi duals from North Sunderland, connected with the 113 bing upon that coast, who bi ing particulars from the wreck up to yester day (Monday) afternoon, about two o'clock. It appears that the For farshire, Captain J,lin Humble, left Hull for Dundee on Wednesday afternoon, at half-past six o'clock, with a valuable cargo of bale goods, and about 100 tons of sheet iron; 22 cabin passengers, nine steerage (including four children), 22 of a crew, making in all 53 About four o'clock on Thursday morning, blowing hard from N. E., and showering rain and sleet, the Iwiler gave way. This being hastily repaired, the vessel proceeded on her course till ten that evening, when the state of the machinery and weather induced the Captain to put about and sail before the wind. This took place near St. Abb's Head, and it is thought the Captain intended to make Shields bar. The vessel sailed or rather drifted in this direction till three o'clock on Friday morning, when the light of the outer or eastern island of the cluster called " The Fairns," or " Stapples," was observed a short distance a-head ; and the Captain perceiving that he would not be able to clear it, ordered the anchor to be sill:ltd. This order, the seamen say, wes given to the mate Duncan, and three of the men had proceeded to obey by haul ing out the cable, when Duncan ran to a boat and was followed by others. The five of the crew who have arrived here, and other two (one the second mate, who beloagel to Hull), Duncan himself, and the cabin passenger, Mr. Ritchie, alter drifting three or four hours, were picked up by a Montrose sloop, and taken into Shields. The warning to the passengers of their danger (who were all in bed) must have been short, as Mr. Ritchie escaped un dressed with only his trowsers in his hand. The boat had just left when the vessel struck and parted in two; the stern or hinder part drifting southward, and the fore part remaining on the rock. The captain was observed, with his wife in his arms, clinging to the wreck, when a sea swept them off. A woman, one of the steerage passengers, had two children clinging to her, and appeared in a dreadful state of agony. This woman w as f oun d i n t h e course of Friday in one o the fore-cabins, in a state of derangement, in which she continued when the three persons mentioned left Sunderland yesterday. Her being rescued from the wreck is owing to the lighthouse keeper and his daughter having ventured in their coble. The bodies of the two children have been picked up, and that of a gentleman, who is supposed to be a clergyman, belonging to Dundee. These were the only bodies found on Monday afternoon. It thus appears that out of filly-three per sons only ten have been saved. Mr. Ritchie brought the ru mour that five steerage passengers and four of the crew were taken off the forepart of the wreck on Friday ; but the men who arrived this morniag heard nothing of this. There had been a boat at the Island shortly before the three Sunder land men left, and there was no word of either bodies or lives being rescued. There is much hope to warrant a belief, that out of the forty-three missing, many (no saying how many) may have been preserved. The numerous French fishing tuggers, London steamers, and other craft, belonging to various quarters, tacking about that coast in fishing season, favours this assumption. There is no saying to what port they might be driven after picking up individuals. And why have only three bodies been found, supposing forty-three lost ? Pray excuse these conjectures, as by the time you receive this they may appear only to betray ignorance. When the Eclipse passed the Stapples the forepart of the vessel was still upon the rock. Amongst those missing are— a gentleman belonging to Dundee, who, with his family, was returning from St. Petersburgb, after a residence there of fourteen years ; two or three gentlemen belonging to Perth, one of them an uncle of Mr. Ritchie's, and another, a son of Mr. Brown, shipbuilder there. The Forfarshire was a new, vessel, having been little more than two years at sea. She first sailed from Dundee in May, 1836 ; she sailed weekly between Dundee and Hull, is said to have had one hundred and twenty or two hundred horse power. The Captain (Mr. John Humble), belongs to Shields, and served his apprenticeship to the sea in one of the collier sloops trading between that place and Newcastle. The first steamer lie was in was a small tug boat, which belonged to Shields, called the Tarset ; he afterwards commanded another steamer called the Neptune, vi hich sailed between Hull and New castle. He also was some time mate of the Eclipse, the New castle and Leith boat already mentioned. The time he has sailed in steamers is six or seven years. He bad only been three or four months with the Forfarshire. He was accounted. a sober,and excellent man, and much esteemed. He was about thirty-four years of age, and had his third wife. I can not say much for the mate, and perhaps the less the better for him. His conduct, from what there is reason to believe is truth, is subject of severe comment. Let us not - be rash, how ever, till everything is properly investigated. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—I have just seen an article in your paper of the 4th inst., i n w hi c h you nee some discourteous language respecting the proprictars of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. Your grounds fur using this language appear chiefly to rest on a pa ragraph extracted from the Journal of July 7, in which the fl,)od which laid down the diluvium is spoken of as one long an tecedent to the human creation. This paragraph you state to be a cool declaration that the Bible history is false. I bad thought, Sir, that every well-educated or well-in formed person was aware that the flood or floods which de posited the diluvium were now generally regarded by geolo gists as quite apart from the deluge of scriptural history. If I could have supposed that any public writer, of a rank much below th,t of the leading journal of Europe, was likely to re main ignorant of this fact, I might-, perhaps, in writing the article, have taken some pains to make the case clear to him. But, unfortunately I took it for granted that from the whole tenour of the article, none above even a r intellectual rank than those chiefly addressed in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal could have failed to perceive (if not already inforn ed on the subject) that it could not be the Noachian deluge, or anything of the kind, which wrought effccts so tremendous. May I be allowed to hope that your generosity will not permit my brother and me to remain under an opprobrium which has only been incurred through a too high idea of the information and good sense of the class which acknowledges you as its head ? If any other inducement can be wanted to prevail upon you to do my brother and me this justice, or at least all the poor justice which the retractation of a wantonly affixed c dumny ever gives, I can safely assure you that for the future, in al: my writings for the Journal and other works, I shall estimate the scientific ktsowledge and intellectual acumen of the newspaper press, and of the Times in particular, at a very different rate, so that there is not the least chance of the re currence of any such stumbling-block for babes in our bumble and unworthy pages. I have the honour to rest, Sir, Your very obedient servant, ROBERT CHAMBERS. 9, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh, Sept. 7. ------- EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF TWENTY THREE THOUSAND PouNns.—Several erroneous statements relative to this extraordinary recovery of money have been put forth. The following account is obtained from a source so respectable as to leave no doubt in our minds of its perfect accuracy:—Yesterday ( Wednesday) a gentleman hired the cab, No. 218, and took up money at Coutts', 23,0001., and on quitting the cab, left the parcel of money therein; the cabman took up another fare which he t.ut down in Winchester -street, and then on dusting the cab, be found the money, which ho immediately took to the Stamp-office. The gentleman who had lost it had, in the mean time, sent to Coutts' for the 'him hers of the notes, and to the Bank to stop payment, also to the Stamp-office, where the cabman with the money was found, the loser immediately said he would recompense the man with 3001., but the Commissioners of Stamps awarded 1001.; however, the gentleman kept his word and gave also tpe other 2001. PAVEMENT OF OXFORD-STREET.—At the last meeting held on this question, it was decided by a majority that a part of the street should be paved with wood by way of experiment. But last night on a division at an unusually full meeting, called for the purpose of confirming or non-confirm. ing the minute alluded to, and which was carried last Satur day, there appeared a majority of three against the experi ment. Russia and New York have their wooden pavements. Theirs, we think, can scarcely be worse or more dangerous than ours. In the City particularly, accidents daily occur. EXPLOSION ON BOARD TIIE VIVID.—We have noticed the accident on board the Vivid steamer at North Shields, by which two brothers of the name of Greener were killed. According to the evidence adduced before the Coro ner's jury, the explosion was caused during the process of blowing off the water to prevent the accumulation of sediment in the boiler. Yesterday afternoon a porter, named Henry Bartley, in passing over London-bridge with a heavy load on his head, slipped from the curb-stone to the road, and on rising. found himself incapable of using his left foot, the anele of which proved to be dislocated. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. About a quarter past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night as a cart, containing four men, was driving past the Duke of Clarence public-house, Notting-hill, it broke dow n , an d ono of them, named Such, re siding in Bow li ng - street , Clerken well, was thrown out with such force as to fracture his skull in a most dreadful manner. lle was immediately conveyed to the shop of Mr. Barnett, a surgeon, close by, and from thence in a fly to the North London Hospital. CARRICK, TIIE MURDERER.-On the person of the prisoner were found several pieces of coloured leather and satin, sewed together as little bags, and a number of small pieces of white substance, apparently Wax, which he iv.,s in the habit of selling as charms to keep the devil away ; the bags were to put them in to bang round the neck. —Li ver pool Standard. On Thursday last as the waggoner of Mr. John Owen, of Brimmon, Newtown, was returning with Ilia empty waggon after delivering 100 bushels of malt at Pont-del.. Goch, he fell under the wheels, one of which went over his bead, He has not spoken since, and lies without hopes of recovery at a public-house about three miles from the town.-- Siturtan.